Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Desire

"It is the moral element contained in it that alone gives value and dignity to a religion, and only in so far as its teachings serve to stimulate and purify our moral aspirations does it deserve to retain its ascendency over mankind." - Felix Adler

"The moral order never is, but is ever becoming. It grows with our growth." - Felix Adler

"The artist ought no more to appear in his work than God in nature." - Gustave Flaubert

"Who troubles others has no rest himself." -

"But it may be the hard part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly." -